The Data Center Divide
A policy snapshot ahead of the 2026 midterms. Mapping data center incentives, restrictions, and bans through legislation, regulations, and executive actions across all 50 states and 1,462 local jurisdictions.
City of Dearborn
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Pro-Data Center Policies
Dearborn has enacted a measure pausing acceptance and review of data-center applications for 180 days while it develops regulations, temporarily delaying new projects but not imposing a permanent ban.
Rating from Wayne County as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for City of Dearborn.
current law · City of DearbornPauses the acceptance and approval of applications for new data centers in Dearborn for 180 days while the city develops regulations.Michigan Dearborn Data Center Zoning Amendment and Temporary Moratorium (2026)
What this means
The measure would pause the city’s acceptance, review, and approval of data-center applications for 180 days while Dearborn develops regulations. That creates a substantial but temporary delay for new data centers; the sources do not show a permanent ban or new operating restrictions.
Timing
- Ends
- 180 days from the effective date of this section
The moratorium applies only to the acceptance, review, consideration, and approval of applications for establishing or using data centers. Applications received during the moratorium must be logged and forwarded to the Law Department; no extension condition is stated.
People behind it
- Mustapha Hammoud
Proposed the resolution to take Ordinance No. 26-1873 from the table for its final reading.
- Devon O'Reilly
Supported the resolution to take Ordinance No. 26-1873 from the table for its final reading.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
A 180-day moratorium, beginning on the effective date of the ordinance, prohibits the City from accepting, reviewing, considering, or approving applications to establish or use a data center. Applications received during the moratorium must be logged, sent to the Law Department, and accompanied by written notice to the applicant stating the moratorium’s effective and expiration dates; the City Council must also be notified. The moratorium does not cover server rooms that are accessory and incidental to a permitted principal use.
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